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Re: Chem Waste Management exemption
Alex,
Injection is actually permitted for many waste
handlers
as an on-site, non-destructive method of disposal of
hazwaste, I learned with dismay. I know that Dow used
to use it extensively at Midland, MI, and probably
still
does (though I haven't checked the RCRA database,
so I can't be sure...).
Regards
Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: asagady@sojourn.com <asagady@sojourn.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list
<dioxin-l@essential.org>
Date: Thursday, August 21, 1997 12:02 AM
Subject: Chem Waste Management exemption
>I thought folks would be interested in this exemption
>for Chem Waste Management to get around the
>Land Disposal Ban rules that require hazardous
>waste treatment.
>
>Folks in OHIO should be particularly forwarned...
>
>This is an example of EPA circumventing Congressional
>intent with the requirement that wastes containing
>significant amounts of organic compounds not be
>permitted for land disposal without treatment to
>destroy those compounds.
>
>When ChemWaste Management can poor them
>in a hole in the ground perhaps one can begin
>to understand the effects on pollution prevention
>and more ligitimate waste treatment....
>
>
>
>[Federal Register: August 12, 1997 (Volume 62, Number
155)]
>[Rules and Regulations]
>[Page 43109-43111]
>>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
>[DOCID:fr12au97-16]
>
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>
>ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
>
>40 CFR Part 148
>
>[FRL-5873-8]
>
>
>Final Decision To Grant Chemical Waste Management,
Inc. a
>Modification of an Exemption From the Land Disposal
Restrictions of the
>Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 Regarding
Injection of
>Hazardous Wastes
>
>AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
>
>
>[[Page 43110]]
>
>
>ACTION: Notice of final decision on a request to
modify an exemption
>from the hazardous and solid waste amendments of the
Resource
>Conservation and Recovery Act.
>
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>
>SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given by the Environmental
Protection Agency
>(EPA or Agency) that modification of an exemption to
the land disposal
>restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments to the
>Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) has been
granted to
>Chemical Waste Management, Inc. (CWM) of Oakbrook,
Illinois. This
>modification allows CWM to inject RCRA-regulated
hazardous wastes which
>will be banned from land disposal on August 11, 1997,
as a result of
>regulations promulgated on May 12, 1997. Wastes
designated by a total
>of 11 additional RCRA waste codes, may continue to be
land disposed
>through four waste disposal wells at the facility at
Vickery, Ohio. As
>required by 40 CFR part 148, CWM has demonstrated, to
a reasonable
>degree of certainty, that there will be no migration
of hazardous
>constituents from the injection zone utilized by CWM's
waste disposal
>facility located near Vickery, Ohio, for as long as
the newly exempted
>waste remains hazardous. This decision constitutes a
final Agency
>action for which there is no administrative appeal.
>
>DATES: This action is effective as of August 12, 1997.
>
>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harlan Gerrish or
Nathan Wiser, Lead
>Petition Reviewers, Region 5, telephone (312) 886-2939
or (312) 353-
>9569, respectively. Copies of the petition and all
pertinent
>information relating thereto are on file and are part
of the
>Administrative Record. It is recommended that you
contact the lead
>reviewer prior to reviewing the Administrative record.
>
>SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
>
>Background
>
> CWM submitted a petition for an exemption from the
restrictions on
>land disposal of hazardous wastes on January 19, 1988.
Revised
>documents were received on December 4, 1989, and
several supplemental
>submittals were subsequently made. The exemption was
granted on August
>7, 1990. On September 12, 1994, CWM submitted a
petition to modify the
>exemption to include wastes bearing 23 additional RCRA
wastes codes.
>Region 5 reviewed documents supporting the request and
granted the
>modification of the exemption on May 16, 1995. A
notice of the
>modification appeared on June 5, 1995, at 60 FR 29592
et seq. On April
>9, 1996, CWM submitted a petition to again modify the
exemption to
>allow 91 additional RCRA waste codes. Region 5
reviewed documents
>supporting the request and granted the modification on
the exemption on
>June 24, 1996. A notice of the modification appeared
on July 15, 1996,
>at 61 FR 36880 et seq.
> On May 13, 1997, in response to the Land Disposal
Restrictions Rule
>published in the Federal Register at 62 FR 25998 et
seq. on May 12,
>1997, which set ban dates for a number of hazardous
waste codes, CWM
>submitted a request to add a total of 11 additional
RCRA waste codes to
>its exemption. Three (3) of these codes (F032, F034
and F035) are
>banned by the May 12, 1997, rule. The remaining eight
(8) codes (F020,
>F021, F022, F023, F025, F026, F027 and F028) have been
banned since
>1988, but CWM anticipates a future need for their
injection. The
>underlying chemicals found in all the codes of
interest today were
>already the subject of previous technical
consideration during the
>modeling for the originally-issued exemption. The
newly-promulgated
>rule bans codes F032, F034 and F035 from deep
injection after August
>11, 1997, unless CWM makes a no-migration
demonstration. CWM made a no-
>migration demonstration in 1990. After careful review
of the material
>submitted, the EPA has determined, as required by 40
CFR part
>148.20(f), that there is a reasonable degree of
certainty that waste
>streams containing constituents designated by these
codes will behave
>hydraulically and chemically like wastes for which CWM
was granted its
>original exemption and will not migrate from the
injection zone within
>10,000 years. The injection zone is the Mt. Simon
Sandstone and the
>Rome, Conasauga, Kerbel, and Knox Formations. The
confining zone is
>comprised of the Wells Creek and Black River
Formations.
> Effective May 29, 1997, the United States Court of
Appeals for the
>District of Columbia Circuit vacated 24 RCRA waste
codes that had been
>previously listed. These 24 RCRA waste codes therefore
are not banned
>from injection under Federal law as they no longer
exist as Federally-
>defined RCRA waste codes. Notwithstanding the effect
of the Court's
>action at the Federal level, the Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency
>rules governing these 24 RCRA waste codes prohibit
injection of these
>coded wastes without a Federal exemption from the Land
Disposal
>Restrictions. Hence, the action taken by modifying the
exemption issued
>to CWM remains effective for these RCRA waste codes
since without the
>inclusion of these codes, CWM would be barred from
injecting them under
>State law. CWM's modified exemption therefore contains
these 24 RCRA
>waste codes. The effect of this exemption is limited
to those wastes
>coded as K160, U277, U366, U375, U376, U377, U378,
U379, U381, U382,
>U383, U384, U385, U386, U390, U391, U392, U393, U396,
U400, U401, U402,
>U403 and U407, effective the date that these 24 RCRA
waste codes were
>originally promulgated. If these particular codes
should be re-
>promulgated as RCRA wastes, different in chemical
character from the
>originally-promulgated RCRA waste codes, the burden
will be incumbent
>on CWM to show that the injection of such
newly-promulgated RCRA waste
>codes will result in a reasonable degree of certainty
that there will
>be no migration from the injection zone within 10,000
years, and a
>modification of CWM's exemption will be required to
inject them.
> As a result of this action, CWM may continue to
inject the wastes
>bearing the codes:
> F020, F021, F022, F023, F025, F026, F027, F028,
F032, F034, and
>F035,
>
>after wastes denoted by these codes are banned from
land disposal on
>August 11, 1997. These waste codes are added to the
waste codes which
>have been previously exempted and the current total
approved listing of
>codes follows.
>
>
List of Approved RCRA
>Waste Codes for Injection
>D001..... D043 K015 K071 K142
P030 P078
>P190 U031 U076 U120 U162
U208 U366
>D002..... F001 K016 K073 K143
P031 P081
>P191 U032 U077 U121 U163
U209 U367
>D003..... F002 K017 K083 K144
P033 P082
>P192 U033 U078 U122 U164
U210 U372
>D004..... F003 K018 K084 K145
P034 P084
>P194 U034 U079 U123 U165
U211 U373
>D005..... F004 K019 K085 K147
P036 P085
>P196 U035 U080 U124 U166
U213 U375
>D006..... F005 K020 K086 K148
P037 P087
>P197 U036 U081 U125 U167
U214 U376
>D007..... F006 K021 K087 K149
P038 P088
>P198 U037 U082 U126 U168
U215 U377
>D008..... F007 K022 K088 K150
P039 P089
>P199 U038 U083 U127 U169
U216 U378
>D009..... F008 K023 K093 K151
P040 P092
>P201 U039 U084 U128 U170
U217 U379
>
>[[Page 43111]]
>
>
>
>D010..... F009 K024 K094 K156
P041 P093
>P202 U041 U085 U129 U171
U218 U381
>D011..... F010 K025 K095 K157
P042 P094
>P203 U042 U086 U130 U172
U219 U382
>D012..... F011 K026 K096 K158
P043 P095
>P204 U043 U087 U131 U173
U220 U383
>D013..... F012 K027 K097 K159
P044 P096
>P205 U044 U088 U132 U174
U221 U384
>D014..... F019 K028 K098 K160
P045 P097
>U001 U045 U089 U133 U176
U222 U385
>D015..... F020 K029 K099 K161
P046 P098
>U002 U046 U090 U134 U177
U223 U386
>D016..... F021 K030 K100 P001
P047 P099
>U003 U047 U091 U135 U178
U225 U387
>D017..... F022 K031 K101 P002
P048 P101
>U004 U048 U092 U136 U179
U226 U389
>D018..... F023 K032 K102 P003
P049 P102
>U005 U049 U093 U137 U180
U227 U390
>D019..... F024 K033 K103 P004
P050 P103
>U006 U050 U094 U138 U181
U228 U391
>D020..... F025 K034 K104 P005
P051 P104
>U007 U051 U095 U139 U182
U234 U392
>D021..... F026 K035 K105 P006
P054 P105
>U008 U052 U096 U140 U183
U235 U393
>D022..... F027 K036 K106 P007
P056 P106
>U009 U053 U097 U141 U184
U236 U394
>D023..... F028 K037 K107 P008
P057 P108
>U010 U055 U098 U142 U185
U237 U395
>D024..... F032 K038 K108 P009
P058 P109
>U011 U056 U099 U143 U186
U238 U396
>D025..... F034 K039 K109 P010
P059 P110
>U012 U057 U101 U144 U187
U239 U400
>D026..... F035 K040 K110 P011
P060 P111
>U014 U058 U102 U145 U188
U240 U401
>D027..... F037 K041 K111 P012
P062 P112
>U015 U059 U103 U146 U189
U243 U402
>D028..... F038 K042 K112 P013
P063 P113
>U016 U060 U105 U147 U190
U244 U403
>D029..... F039 K043 K113 P014
P064 P114
>U017 U061 U106 U148 U191
U246 U404
>D030..... K001 K044 K114 P015
P065 P115
>U018 U062 U107 U149 U192
U247 U407
>D031..... K002 K045 K115 P016
P066 P116
>U019 U063 U108 U150 U193
U248 U408
>D032..... K003 K046 K116 P017
P067 P118
>U020 U064 U109 U151 U194
U249 U409
>D033..... K004 K047 K117 P018
P068 P119
>U021 U066 U110 U152 U196
U271 U410
>D034..... K005 K048 K118 P020
P069 P120
>U022 U067 U111 U153 U197
U277 U411
>D035..... K006 K049 K123 P021
P070 P121
>U023 U068 U112 U154 U200
U278
>D036..... K007 K050 K124 P022
P071 P122
>U024 U069 U113 U155 U201
U279
>D037..... K008 K051 K125 P023
P072 P123
>U025 U070 U114 U156 U202
U280
>D038..... K009 K052 K126 P024
P073 P127
>U026 U071 U115 U157 U203
U328
>D039..... K010 K060 K131 P026
P074 P128
>U027 U072 U116 U158 U204
U353
>D040..... K011 K561 K132 P027
P075 P185
>U028 U073 U117 U159 U205
U359
>D041..... K013 K062 K136 P028
P076 P188
>U029 U074 U118 U160 U206
U364
>D042..... K014 K069 K141 P029
P077 P189
>U030 U075 U119 U161 U207
U365
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>
>Conditions
>
> General conditions of this exemption are found at
40 CFR part 148.
>The exemption granted to CWM on August 7, 1990,
included a number of
>specific conditions. Conditions numbered (1), (2),
(3), (4), and (9)
>remain in force. Monitoring under condition 5, which
called for
>construction and operation of a deep monitoring well,
will continue
>through the life of the facility. Conditions numbered
(5), (6), (7),
>and (8) have been satisfied. The results of the work
carried out under
>these conditions confirms that the model used to
simulate fluid
>movement within the injection zone for the next 10,000
years is valid
>and results of the simulation bound the region of the
injection zone
>within which the waste will be contained.
>Rebecca L. Harvey,
>Acting Director, Water Division.
>[FR Doc. 97-21275 Filed 8-11-97; 8:45 am]
>BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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